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Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The world's most beloved fairy tales are reimagined as dark and twisted psychological thrillers. Set in modern-day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves The Three Little Pigs; Little Red Riding Hood; and Hansel and Gretel into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest, and triumph. In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die."...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Description
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money whereby he sets about discovering everything else he...
5) Genoveva
Publisher
LATINBEAT
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This is a story that links family memories with prejudices behind contemporary images of indigenous people. A picture of an elderly Mapuche great-grandmother is the starting point for this documentary essay. Through the analysis of that image, interviews with family members and a journey through southern Chile, prejudices against indigenous people are examined. This film demonstrates how an image influences reality and explores the importance of recognizing...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
1947. A fashion empire rises from the ashes of war-torn Paris, run by the breathtakingly charming and thoroughly ruthless Paul Sabine. But behind the glamour and elegance lies a devastating secret that threatens to destroy the company’s delicately built success. Sophisticated and contemporary in tone, this is a story about the price of success, set during a pivotal moment in France’s history.
Publisher
LATINBEAT
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a mountain estate a group of Chileans make a radical decision: to leave behind their comfortable existence to isolate themselves in the country and practice an intense Christian lifestyle. When one of the group's members dies under strange circumstances, a harsh judicial process threatens their future as a collective. This is a story about faith, social prejudice, and the fine line between normalcy and insanity.
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Hindi
Description
A man gets an idea, starts a business, employs others and a Company is born. The business is so successful it becomes bigger than the men who formed it. This is a story of the rise and fall of such a company, its business is crime. A thrller, action film and fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Canadian filmmaker Jeanette Kong weaves together the strands of her Chinese-Jamaican identity as she recounts her father’s immigration journey—from China to Jamaica—and then eventually to Toronto, Canada. Drawing on her dad’s eloquent journal writing, and connecting with family around the globe, the filmmaker paints a deeply honest portrait of the Hakka migration experience. Why brave the hardships of immigration, not once, but twice in a...
10) Around the block
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Christina Ricci stars in director Sarah Spillane’s inspirational drama, a world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. With encouragement from a drama teacher (Christina Ricci), a teen in Sydney, Australia (Hunter Page-Lochard) confronts his past and eventually takes control of his future. AROUND THE BLOCK is about breaking cycles and building dreams. Set in a contemporary, tough, inner-city precinct, this is a story of revenge and triumph,...
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
How does one capture the essence of one of the most legendary lives of our time? A boundless and heroic life filled with extraordinary loss, resilience, and achievement and a man whose philosophy of kindness continues to inspire millions of people around the world, regardless of faith or political persuasion? In this profound and inspiring portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, the answer is: In his own words. Through intimate conversations and previously...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
This is a story about a sports broadcaster later turned morning talk show host Danny Tanner and his three little girls, D.J. (Donna Jo), Stephanie and Michelle Tanner. Before the show begins, Danny Tanner's wife is killed by a drunk driver. So he needs help raising his three little girls. He asks his rock musician brother-in-law, Jesse Katsopolis and his comedian best friend, Joey Gladstone to move in with them. As the show goes on, Jesse gets married...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This powerful documentary chronicles the story of Isak Sass — a brave man who survived rape in prison. Isak spent 10 years in prison and was raped multiple times by multiple perpetrators, and contracted HIV. This is a story of that ordeal and his journey towards healing. TAKING OFF THE MASK interrogates the injustice that exists in a criminal legal system that neglects its responsibility to keep persons in its custody, safe. It seeks to put into...
14) Chinese Couplets
Publisher
Lowedown Productions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Part memoir, part history, part investigation, Chinese Couplets spans two centuries, three countries and four generations of women in this intimate story that reveals the impact of America’s Chinese Exclusion Acts on journalist filmmaker Felicia Lowe’s family. Lowe offers a nuanced, engaging approach to the debate that details the long-term, multi-generational effects of ethnically motivated immigration policies while imparting a cautionary tale...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This is a story of the Lak people. It's also a story of how I came to know the people of the region and how my story became forever woven into their own, I was to become enmeshed in events that resulted in bloodshed and death. What's more, I was held responsible. "In 2001 Paul Wolffram, a cultural researcher, travelled to one of the most isolated and unique corners of the earth. He eventually spent over two years living and working among the Lak...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Argentina, 1979. After years of exile, Juan (12) and his family come back to Argentina under fake identities. Juan's parents and his uncle Beto are members of the Montoneros Organization, which is fighting against the Military Junta that rules the country. Because of their political activities they are being tracked down relentlessly, and the threat of capture and even death is constant. However, Juan's daily life is also full of warmth and humor,...
17) Making the grade
Language
English
Formats
Description
This endearing and uplifting documentary invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own particular goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. MAKING THE GRADE explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades. This is...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 2000 in the jungles of Panama, a young journalist, named Ana, has a chance encounter with a tiny orphaned sloth, which she names Velcro. For nearly two years, the pair is inseparable until finally Ana travels up a remote river to reintroduce Velcro back to the wild. This is the story Ana’s return to Central and South America to see how much has changed since Velcro came into her life. Sloths, once largely ignored, have become a hot topic of scientific...
19) My Friend Tommy
Author
Language
English
Description
There are hundreds of millions of adult virgins in the world. This is a story about one of them.
20) Starfish
Author
Language
English
Description
Tom has a perfect life until a devastating illness strikes. This is a story of the survival of love against all odds.
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